Population in Ireland compared to Moldova: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Moldova: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Moldova	Ireland	Moldova
1960	2,828,600	2,058,020	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,103,327	-0.15%	2.2%
1962	2,836,050	2,147,227	0.41%	2.09%
1963	2,852,650	2,188,895	0.59%	1.94%
1964	2,866,550	2,228,000	0.49%	1.79%
1965	2,877,300	2,265,287	0.38%	1.67%
1966	2,888,800	2,301,871	0.4%	1.61%
1967	2,902,450	2,337,695	0.47%	1.56%
1968	2,915,550	2,373,073	0.45%	1.51%
1969	2,932,650	2,408,469	0.59%	1.49%
1970	2,957,250	2,437,590	0.84%	1.21%
1971	2,992,050	2,460,611	1.18%	0.94%
1972	3,036,850	2,484,742	1.5%	0.98%
1973	3,085,950	2,510,584	1.62%	1.04%
1974	3,137,500	2,538,164	1.67%	1.1%
1975	3,189,550	2,566,998	1.66%	1.14%
1976	3,238,050	2,596,491	1.52%	1.15%
1977	3,282,200	2,626,298	1.36%	1.15%
1978	3,329,100	2,656,211	1.43%	1.14%
1979	3,373,750	2,683,035	1.34%	1.01%
1980	3,412,800	2,708,675	1.16%	0.96%
1981	3,453,000	2,735,987	1.18%	1.01%
1982	3,485,800	2,763,101	0.95%	0.99%
1983	3,510,600	2,791,207	0.71%	1.02%
1984	3,532,423	2,820,518	0.62%	1.05%
1985	3,538,082	2,850,787	0.16%	1.07%
1986	3,539,690	2,883,057	0.05%	1.13%
1987	3,540,057	2,916,306	0.01%	1.15%
1988	3,524,949	2,948,891	-0.43%	1.12%
1989	3,511,009	2,970,039	-0.4%	0.72%
1990	3,513,974	2,977,912	0.08%	0.27%
1991	3,534,235	2,981,566	0.58%	0.12%
1992	3,558,430	2,980,965	0.68%	-0.02%
1993	3,576,261	2,975,966	0.5%	-0.17%
1994	3,590,386	2,966,745	0.39%	-0.31%
1995	3,608,841	2,953,200	0.51%	-0.46%
1996	3,637,510	2,947,293	0.79%	-0.2%
1997	3,674,171	2,936,413	1.01%	-0.37%
1998	3,712,696	2,935,227	1.05%	-0.04%
1999	3,754,786	2,930,622	1.13%	-0.16%
2000	3,805,174	2,924,668	1.34%	-0.2%
2001	3,866,243	2,918,135	1.6%	-0.22%
2002	3,931,947	2,911,385	1.7%	-0.23%
2003	3,996,521	2,903,198	1.64%	-0.28%
2004	4,070,262	2,896,023	1.85%	-0.25%
2005	4,159,914	2,888,985	2.2%	-0.24%
2006	4,273,591	2,880,967	2.73%	-0.28%
2007	4,398,942	2,874,299	2.93%	-0.23%
2008	4,489,544	2,868,833	2.06%	-0.19%
2009	4,535,375	2,865,213	1.02%	-0.13%
2010	4,560,155	2,862,354	0.55%	-0.1%
2011	4,580,084	2,860,699	0.44%	-0.06%
2012	4,599,533	2,860,324	0.42%	-0.01%
2013	4,623,816	2,859,558	0.53%	-0.03%
2014	4,657,740	2,857,815	0.73%	-0.06%
2015	4,701,957	2,835,978	0.95%	-0.76%
2016	4,762,722	2,803,186	1.29%	-1.16%
2017	4,827,445	2,755,189	1.36%	-1.71%
2018	4,898,022	2,707,203	1.46%	-1.74%
2019	4,976,456	2,664,224	1.6%	-1.59%
2020	5,039,747	2,635,130	1.27%	-1.09%
2021	5,110,585	2,595,809	1.41%	-1.49%
2022	5,212,836	2,528,654	2%	-2.59%
2023	5,307,600	2,457,783	1.82%	-2.8%
2024	5,380,257	2,389,275	1.37%	-2.79%
2025	5,434,538	2,358,679	1.01%	-1.28%
2026	5,484,615	2,331,249	0.92%	-1.16%
2027	5,531,657	2,308,519	0.86%	-0.97%
2028	5,576,425	2,285,773	0.81%	-0.99%
2029	5,618,258	2,262,909	0.75%	-1%
2030	5,656,768	2,239,915	0.69%	-1.02%
2031	5,693,185	2,217,099	0.64%	-1.02%
2032	5,728,435	2,194,590	0.62%	-1.02%
2033	5,761,833	2,172,083	0.58%	-1.03%
2034	5,793,145	2,149,558	0.54%	-1.04%
2035	5,822,398	2,127,153	0.5%	-1.04%
2036	5,850,388	2,105,178	0.48%	-1.03%
2037	5,878,309	2,083,762	0.48%	-1.02%
2038	5,905,728	2,062,803	0.47%	-1.01%
2039	5,931,438	2,042,214	0.44%	-1%
2040	5,956,212	2,022,294	0.42%	-0.98%
2041	5,980,704	2,003,296	0.41%	-0.94%
2042	6,002,968	1,984,924	0.37%	-0.92%
2043	6,022,662	1,966,961	0.33%	-0.9%
2044	6,041,053	1,949,608	0.31%	-0.88%
2045	6,057,952	1,932,647	0.28%	-0.87%
2046	6,072,174	1,915,982	0.23%	-0.86%
2047	6,084,484	1,899,781	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	6,096,077	1,883,795	0.19%	-0.84%
2049	6,105,740	1,867,636	0.16%	-0.86%
2050	6,112,322	1,851,456	0.11%	-0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people with a rank change from 121st to 120th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.